غُرابٌa raven وَظَبيٌand a gazelle أَعضَبُbroken القَرنِin the horn نادِباًlamenting
غُرابٌ وَظَبيٌ أَعضَبُ القَرنِ نادِباً
بِبَينٍover a parting وَصُردانُand the shrikes العَشِيِّof evening تَصيحُcry out
بِبَينٍ وَصُردانُ العَشِيِّ تَصيحُ
A raven and a broken-horned gazelle lament
a parting, while the evening shrikes cry out.
لَعَمريby my life لَئِنif indeed شَطَّتhas grown distant بَعثَمَةَwith ʿAthmah دارُهاher home
لَعَمري لَئِن شَطَّت بَعثَمَةَ دارُها
لَقَدindeed كُنتُI was مِنfrom خَوفِfear of الفِراقِparting أَليحُI am apprehensive
لَقَد كُنتُ مِن خَوفِ الفِراقِ أَليحُ
By my life, if her home has carried ʿAthmah far away,
I had indeed been anxious for fear of parting.
Translation model: Sol 6.1